Tungsten, a critical metal, was first identified in the area in the 1930s, where scheelite-bearing quartz veins, up to 5 metres wide and extending 150 metres in length, were exposed (Macveigh, 1954).

The last 16 years have witnessed the landmark development of polyvalent thiolated DNA-functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNP's) possessing striking properties within the emerging field of ...